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“I didn't think it would ever happen to someone like me, you don't think its going to happen to anyone you know,” he said.

The Kalgoorlie man has a warning to other young people.

“Keep an eye out for the signs, if you are getting sick don't brush it off, definitely go and see someone and get it treated straight away. It is pretty serious,” he said.

In a statement, Boulder City Football Club said is wished the “young gun” all the best for a “speedy recovery”.

“If anyone has any symptoms like a rash appear, sore neck and headaches, please go up to hospital and get it checked out,” the statement said.

Kalgoorlie was at the centre of Australia’s biggest ever emergency vaccination program in December, with 5500 doses shipped to the Goldfields after five people were infected, including an 18-month-old girl.

Since then, a free vaccine against strains A-C-W and Y has been offered to 15 to 19-year-olds across the state.

It’s not clear if Mr Haynes was offered a dose in recent months.

He was discharged from hospital this morning and his family say they’re hopeful the worst is over.